9/11/2009 @ 6:00PM

In Depth: Sports' Greatest Comeback Wins

The comeback may be the most thrilling event in sports. One team or player is left for dead, done, kaput, down too many points or games to come back. But against all odds, fortunes are reversed. To make our list, the greatest comebacks had to satisfy two criteria. First, the deficit overcome–whether in a game or a playoff series–had to be one of the biggest in that particular sport. Second, the comeback had to take place in a game or series of serious import.